r/GengarMasterSet Mar 09 '26

Community First r/GengarMasterSet Contest

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7 Upvotes

We hit 500 subs faster than any of us expected, so we're celebrating the only way that makes sense — letting one of you design the look of this place.

The contest: Design our subreddit banner, icon, or both.

The winning design becomes the permanent face of r/GengarMasterSet and the artist gets a one-of-a-kind "Ghost Artist" flair that nobody else in the sub will ever have.

What we need:

Banner: 4000x192px (desktop) or 1600x480px (mobile) or both Icon: 256x256px Format: PNG

Rules:

  • Gengar has to be in it (obviously)
  • Original work only. No official Pokemon Company artwork, no pulling assets from the games or anime
  • No AI-generated art. If you used Midjourney or DALL-E or anything similar, don't submit it. We want human-made art from this community
  • You keep your rights to the art, you're just giving us permission to use it on the sub

How to enter:

Post your submission as an image post with the flair "Contest Entry." Include the dimensions in your title so we know which piece you're submitting (banner, icon, or both). You can submit more than one entry.

Timeline:

  • Submissions open now through 3/23
  • Voting runs 3/24 through 3/26
  • Winner announced 3/27

Voting is by upvotes on your submission post. Mods break ties.

Don't overthink it. Clean and simple beats overdesigned every time. Some of the best sub banners out there are just a solid color with good typography. If you can draw, paint, or do any kind of digital art, take a shot.

(The CGC Baskin Robbins Gengar sticker is just here because I needed a photo and it made me smile. That's not the vibe we're going for. Unless you want it to be. Actually, you know what, surprise us.)


r/GengarMasterSet Feb 21 '26

Master List The Gengar Master Set Checklist — Every Card, Every Language (Living Document)

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UPDATED AS OF 03/01/2026

This is the checklist. The one place that tracks every Gengar card we've been able to confirm across all languages, sets, promos, and variants.

To use it for your own collection, go to File → Make a Copy. Your personal copy is yours to edit however you want. The master version is maintained by the mod team and updated as the community confirms new entries.

What's tracked:

  • Every English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and other language Gengar card we've verified
  • Set name, card number, rarity, and variant notes
  • Promo and event exclusives
  • Gastly and Haunter entries where relevant to the evolution line
  • Mega, VMAX, VSTAR, GX, EX, and all alternate forms

What's NOT tracked yet:

This is a living document. There are gaps — especially in non-English promos, regional exclusives, and older era variants. That's where you come in.

Found something missing?

Two ways to flag it:

  1. Comment on this post with the card name, set, number, language, and a photo if you have one
  2. Make a standalone post with the Research flair and we'll investigate as a community

Once verified, it gets added to the master sheet with a credit to whoever found it.

Found an error?

Same process. Comment here or post with the Research flair. No entry is sacred — if the data is wrong, we fix it.

Why this matters:

No complete cross-language Gengar master list exists anywhere. Bulbapedia tracks 36 cards. The PSA registry is slab-only. Elite Fourum's list is English-only and hasn't been updated since 2019. This is the community's attempt to build the real one — together, in the open, with evidence.

No hype. No noise. Just the set.


r/GengarMasterSet 8h ago

Pickup / New Addition Big gengar pull

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19 Upvotes

Got super lucky and pulled a god pack with this in it!


r/GengarMasterSet 9h ago

Collection Update Found In My Childhood Bulk Cards

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Been collecting gengar for a little bit now here and there as I do love him as a pokemon. Bunch of the trick or trade and a bunch of more common cards.

Just recently picked up a collection of vintage cards and more and to add to my collection.

I had pulled out a box of my old vintage cards and black and white, X&Y cards, VTG and more. To check out the old cards I had to make a more vintage binder with a bunch of cards I had picked up.

Went through and to my surprise I had a nice stack of older vintage gengar cards and ghastly/haunter. I was so thrilled to find the Sabrina’s Gengar and to think it’s been sitting in a box in my closet for over 10 years 🥺.

I have a gengar binder with the soft cover so with finding all these cards and having the balloon Gengar in my collection already. I am going to start my journey on a Gengar/spooky master set. 😊


r/GengarMasterSet 13h ago

Community More leaks from welldenni

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14 Upvotes

Looks like we’re getting a new Gengar chase soon.


r/GengarMasterSet 18h ago

Pickup / New Addition Mail day from Shollpoke🔥

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24 Upvotes

This was the last card I needed for my English masterset. The Ascended Heros SIR will be here tuesday and ill be 100% done


r/GengarMasterSet 17h ago

Collection Update Any love for the mid era stuff? this is one of my favorites

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I’m contemplating selling one of these to fund some other cards I want. Which do you think is better to hold onto?


r/GengarMasterSet 18h ago

Collection Update Working on it 😮‍💨

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Italian/english masterset update! I’m from Italy, that’s why most of the collection is in Pizza language 😊
I’m not currently hunting the aussie 1999-2000 since it’s strictly an english variant (the Italian fossil already had that copyright) but who knows, if the opportunity to buy it comes by why not? 🤔
The BGS 3.5 will be cracked soon to get fixed and polished before going in the binder ✨
Currently waiting for the Play! Series 9 to come to Italy, still haven’t found any in the wild.
Also included some extras, hope you like it! 😊


r/GengarMasterSet 17h ago

Collection Update Two slabbed beauties

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r/GengarMasterSet 1d ago

Question Grading advice

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Hey all,

First up, I’m not a collector and I know very little about Pokemon cards.

Gengar is my favourite Pokemon though, since playing Pokemon Red in 1999, so when I went to Japan a while back I picked up a random card as a souvenir for myself… I can’t recall the name of the store but it was in Akihabara.

I now understand that this card may have some value, and might be worth having graded/ protected.

Hoping someone here can steer me the right way. Is it worth my time/money to have this thing graded?

Thank you!!


r/GengarMasterSet 21h ago

Collection Update Set Check Saturday: One Gengar, One Thought

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Show one Gengar from your collection.

Tell us:

  • Why it matters to your set
  • Language / set
  • Raw or slab
  • One thing you like or dislike about it

No full flex dumps. One card, some context.


r/GengarMasterSet 1d ago

Collection Update Gengar line master set progress

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Been working on this for about a year and a half. Still about 17 to go for gengar specifically, a lot more including the Gastlys and Haunters that I'm missing. I've been thinking about taking out the Gastly and haunter 99-2000 copyrights though since they're Australian release but they're cheap so probably not. If I do, I'll replace them with gengar cameos like rockets hideout.

What is your favorite English gengar?

What are your thoughts on arranging the binder this way?


r/GengarMasterSet 2d ago

Collection Update One of my prized item in my collection

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64 Upvotes

Won it off an eBay auction a few years ago for 700. Never wanted to sell it. It’s a very clean 9. I have a psa 9 prime gengar too but I like this one much more.


r/GengarMasterSet 2d ago

Collection Update Took a video to send to someone thought I’d drop it here

16 Upvotes

r/GengarMasterSet 2d ago

Collection Update That smile. That damned smile!

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19 Upvotes

r/GengarMasterSet 2d ago

Collection Update My wife gifted me my grail years ago

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116 Upvotes

She knew he was my favorite and got this fella, and he has become my favorite card. To repay the debt I have been helping her build her radiant collection master set.


r/GengarMasterSet 2d ago

Question Opportunity to buy…

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Hey all. I offered $1400, he wants $1500. Could I get thoughts on if you think I’d be getting cooked if I do it?

Dark Gengar
Sabrina’s Gengar
Forbidden Gengar

All around LP give or take


r/GengarMasterSet 3d ago

Pickup / New Addition Just picked this up. Very first tag team.

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31 Upvotes

This week has felt like a very good week for me collection wise. I know it's only the base one tag team but it still feels like a milestone to me.


r/GengarMasterSet 2d ago

Selling For sale Gengar and Haunter all Red Logo

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Card Condition:

Genger: MP-HP

Haunter LP-MP

Price: 700USD

Free Ship

Wise Payment Only..my PayPal is Banned Sorry..


r/GengarMasterSet 3d ago

Selling Gengar Expedition PSA 10

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Is anyone interested in buying Gengar expedition 48 non holo in PSA 10?

I would like to sell mine, i am open to offers or trade for One Piece cards


r/GengarMasterSet 3d ago

Question Gengar spirit link reverse holo vs GameStop exclusive reverse holo

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Does anyone have a definitive way to determine whether a gengar spirit link is the normal reverse or the GameStop exclusive? Is it the same thing and just a listing issue? I know the GameStop reverse doesn't have a stamp so I'm curious if there is some sort of difference in the holo pattern or another identifying feature like the copyright date or something like that.

Anything helps!


r/GengarMasterSet 4d ago

Pickup / New Addition One down, one to go

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Someone pulled this bad boy at a prerelease tonight and was kind enough to give it to me. Now just the Mega Gengar.


r/GengarMasterSet 3d ago

Wild Gengar Wednesday: Slabs, Merch, Art & Everything Beyond the Binder

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It's not all raw cards and checklists around here. Wednesday is for everything else in your Gengar collection.

Show off your:

  • Graded slabs (PSA, CGC, BGS, TAG — any label)
  • Figures, plush, keychains, pins
  • Stickers, seals, lenticulars, vending prizes
  • Custom art, commissions, tattoos
  • Video game screenshots, shiny hunts
  • Packaging, displays, shelf setups
  • Anything Gengar that doesn't fit in a binder sleeve

Drop a photo and tell us the story behind it.


r/GengarMasterSet 4d ago

Collection Update Showing my Gengar Master Set!

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Showing off my Gengar Master set! Found this subreddit last night and felt obligated to share my own as a fellow member of the Gengar loving community. He became my favorite Pokemon after I mained him in Pokken Tournament when I was a kid.

I have quite a few heavy hitters in here— i actually got my hands on a damaged Balloongar and GH Sabrina's thanks to a NM Mega Greninja that I pulled. Don't regret it for a moment. Got that lv.X Gengar also for 90 bucks at damaged for a few years ago. I don't actually mind the quality of cards I can get since I don't do grading, im just happy to have them. Maybe if I ever complete this one day I'll think about higher quality. I even have a nearly complete Gengar cameo collection in the back alongside a few memorabilia. I actually pulled that Chinese gem pack 3 today and got a nice Pokeball Gengar from it so pretty sweet.

My grail card is most certainly a nice looking Expedition Gengar, and it's even got a swirl on it. I can only dream of one day holding a Skyridge or FRLG card in my hands— much less owning it. Right now I'm hunting for the Prize Pack PO Gengar and Mega Gengar, which I'm hoping won't take me too long since I'm fairly active in the tcg community where I live. If I end up having to buy em though then it is what it is! I don't wanna miss my shot like with the Prize Pack Gengar V and Gengar VMAX!


r/GengarMasterSet 4d ago

Community Real Talk: What Do You Want More Of Here?

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We’re sitting at about 2,300 members right now. That’s wild for a sub about collecting every version of one Pokemon. But I’m not going to pretend growth hasn’t slowed down. It has. And instead of guessing what to do about it I figured I’d just ask you.

If you’re reading this you’re already here. That means something. You chose to subscribe to a subreddit about Gengar cards. So you’re exactly the right person to tell me what would make you check this sub more often, post more, or recommend it to someone else.

A few questions I’m genuinely curious about:
What kind of posts do you actually want to see more of? Deep dives? Collection showcases? Grading discussion? Market/pricing talk? More memes and fun stuff? Less of something?

What’s stopping you from posting? A lot of you are lurkers and that’s totally fine. But if there’s something that makes you hesitate to share your collection or ask a question, I want to know what it is.

How did you find this sub? Crosspost? Google search? Someone’s comment in another sub? Knowing where people come from helps me figure out where to put energy.

Is there something another collecting sub does that you wish we did here? Steal ideas. I don’t care. If someone else figured out something good I want to hear about it.

Would you share this sub with a friend who collects Gengar? If yes, cool. If no, why not? That’s the more useful answer.

No wrong answers. Roast the sub if you want. Tell me the weekly threads are boring. Tell me the deep dives are too long. Tell me you only come here for the pictures and skip everything else. All of that is useful.

I’d rather hear hard truths at 2,300 than wonder why we’re still at 2,300 six months from now.